NASA has just released this EPIC video of sunlit ‘dark side’ of moon crossing over Earth

8/05/2015

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NASA has just released outstanding video of the “dark side” of
the moon – fully brightened – as the Earth’s natural satellite was moving
across the bright side of our planet. The exceptional shots were taken by the Deep
Space Climate Observatory. Taken by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
(EPIC), the photos show a distinctive view of our planet and the moon from nearly
one million miles away. The capture of this exceptional sight was made possible
due to the revolving trajectory of the DSCOVR satellite that is located between
the Sun and the Earth, giving it the ability to see the far side of the moon.

The sequence of images captured on July 16 were assembled into
GIF animation that shows the moon flying over the North America and the Pacific
Ocean. The images captured from the satellite’s point of view also noticeably display
the tilt of the Earth, with the North Pole sited in the upper left corner. DSCOVR
that was launched in February this year is also intended to collect a series of
measurements from ozone and aerosol amounts to changes in Earth’s radiation.
But one of the satellite's durable weapons is the EPIC which captures
full-color snaps in sets of 10 images by means of different narrowband filters
– from ultraviolet to near infrared.

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